The French Chief Rabbi, Central Consistory, CRIF, FSJU, Bnai Brith France and other leading French Jewish groups have cautioned against voting far-left or far-right.
France’s National Rally (RN) has admittedly rebranded itself and made pro-Israel statements, but it shed neither its antisemitic grandees nor its pro-Russian credentials.
Following the first round of French snap elections, many French Jews wonder: where are we heading?
The Jewish leaders represented small communities and suburbs and did not come from any of the country's established Jewish groups or institutions.
Amichai Chikli: "It would be excellent for Marine Le Pen to be the president."
"It is clear today that there is no future for Jews in France," Rabbi Moshe Sebbag told The Jerusalem Post on Monday. "I tell everyone who is young to go to Israel or a more secure country."
The RN and allies had 33% of the vote, followed by a leftwing bloc with 28% and President Emmanuel Macron's centrists with just 20%.
Participation in Sunday's vote was high, underlining how France's rumbling political crisis has energized the electorate.
“The National Rally supports Jews, supports the state of Israel,” said historian, lawyer and Nazi-hunter Serge Klarsfeld. But do French Jews agree?
Even as Marine Le Pen has publicly denounced antisemitism, her supporters still disproportionately harbor antisemitic attitudes.
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